As he sets his sights on the 1988 Winter Olympics, Edwards (Taron Egerton) is taken under the wing of boozy ex-ski champ Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman).

The script leaves no cliche unclaimed in an underdog-comes-good story so saccharine it could dissolve teeth. It also takes liberties with truth – Jackman’s character is a work of fiction, while Edwards says only 15 per cent of the story is grounded in fact.

Still, Egerton is a likeable hero and the movie walks off with a respectable bronze.